The Media Interview

PR blogger Gerry McCusker makes the point on PR Disasters that companies (or anyone) should treat interview requests from bloggers like they would a request from mainstream journalists - what is the blogger’s point view, what is their purpose, will the interview be posted, how will it be posted?
The example he gives of a [...]

What are people feeling and doing while being interviewed by phone? You can find postings like this one from director Arin Crumley that give you some perspective:
CFUN Radio Interview - Arin CrumleyUploaded by Arincrumley
Arin and co-director Susan Buice have a good little collection of videos of their phone interviews - it’s a great way [...]

The editor of Cracked magazine, Jay Pinkerton, did an interview that went rather badly, and he blogged about what it’s like to be on the other side of an interview:
In working for a magazine [that] conducts interviews, I’ve come across people who outright refuse to take questions by phone or in person, asking for them [...]

I was re-reading a valuable post by trade journalist Paul Conley on instant messaging as a reporting tool and it got me thinking about how standards can change as the use of a technology becomes more commonplace:
IM is an informal medium. Sources don’t see talking via IM as an interview. The advantage of that is [...]

Media coach Roberta Gale reminds us all of an easily-forgotten point for phone interviews: turn off your call waiting!
Yeah, it’s a godsend when you’re talking to your mother and the network is trying to call to let you know you’ve made the finals of “American Idol,” but it’s a less-than-stellar feature when you’re being [...]